In their eyes, we are not soldiers but rebels. And rebels, wounded or whole, are not protected by the Geneva Code and are treated harshly.

13 seconds sound clip from the Lawrence of Arabia movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:28:11 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- In this country, the man who gives victory in battle is prized beyond every other man.

- One figure I can give you from my head, because it never leaves my head.

- Since starting this campaign four months ago, we have lost... 37 wounded... 156 dead.

- You remark the disproportion between our dead and wounded.

- Yeah. Four times as many.

- That's because those too badly wounded to bring away, we ourselves kill.

- We leave no wounded for the Turks.

- You mean...?

- I mean we leave no wounded for the Turks.

- In their eyes, we are not soldiers but rebels. And rebels, wounded or whole, are not protected by the Geneva Code and are treated harshly.

- How harshly?

- More harshly than I hope you can imagine.

- I see.

- Our own prisoners are taken care of until the British can relieve us of them, according to the Code.

- I should like you to notice that.

- Yes, sir.

- Is that the influence of Major Lawrence?

- Why should you suppose so?

[...]

Lawrence of Arabia Sound Clip

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Actors: Peter O’Toole (T. E. Lawrence), Alec Guinness (Prince Faisal), Anthony Quinn (Auda abu Tayi), Jack Hawkins (General Allenby), Omar Sharif (Sherif Ali), Claude Rains (Mr. Dryden), Arthur Kennedy (Jackson Bentley)

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